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Dropbox removing external disk support for Mac users
In case anyone's unaware... if you're a Mac user storing your Dropbox on an external drive, you'll shortly lose that ability.
https://talk.tidbits.com/t/dropbox-drops-support-for-storing-files-...
I was unaware of this issue, until i last night was hit with the same prompt y'all is dealing with.
my entire teams work structure is now utterly crippled and i'm literally here in the studio in the weekend pulling out my hair trying to navigate the damage this has created so far.
so many broken links, so much data just mixed up now between client computers and our edit computers. it's such a mess.
is there really no update from Dropbox side? this is a costly move for many of their more pro clients.
jeeesus christ.
vsloth I believe you can bypass the update, but donât know if you can do this retroactively. Personally I have switched to sync.com, at least until Dropbox figures out how to let us continue using our external disks. Itâs not quite as comfy as Dropbox but works very well and does everything I need very quickly. Plus, Sync gives you 6 Terabytes for $240 a year.
Plus, ]if you have a DropBox Team account, youâll save major bucks in the long term by switching to Sync. Unlimited space costs just $15 a user per month on Sync, compared to $24 a user per month on Dropbox.
- But sadly sync.com isnât as smooth and fast as Dropbox and also only Dropbox is able to sync 100% of file extensions without any issues. Iâve had issues with sync.com, OneDrive and Google Drive in the past, their environment isnât as smooth as Dropbox.
I personally didnât renew my Dropbox plan until they offer bigger plans like 10TB (just like the rest of the competition) since 3TB is way too small.Sync.com has been incredibly good. It is getting better all the time as well.
We have moved exclusively to Sync.com now and have all of our team on it.
The only thing that I have noticed much of an issue with is the initial upload. I have several terabytes on their system now. And it does take a little bit to get the first upload done. Bringing things down as needed it has not been an issue in the speed has been plenty fine.
It seems to be the major player that really gets what is needed.
I am so glad to have dropbox off my system you can hardly imagine. The nonsense they have put everyone through has been ridiculous.
Question about Sync.com
If I have other collaborators that all need local access to media files.
All of them will need to have a sync.com plan to be able to do that right?
shinbeth Sync has been taking criticisms of their speed seriously. When I first started using it a few months ago, I too was dismayed by the time it took to upload a pdf from my iPad Pro, but as of a few weeks ago, their speed has accelerated significantly, at least on my account.
@shinbeth Iâd also really appreciate it if you could share which file types have been giving you trouble on Sync. This would help me isolate which files I should move to iCloud, for which I also pay.
